The 2019 budget husbands public finances in a rather responsible fashion, yet on the other hand it's able to meet all the priorities of the individual political parties that form the governing coalition, stressed Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) after the budget draft was approved by Parliament on Wednesday. Pellegrini reiterated that Parliament has greenlighted the first balanced budget in the history of the modern Slovakia. "It's an important watershed for the Slovak Republic," he stated at a press conference.